Those who enjoyed Prometheus aren’t exactly thrilled about how unlike that film Covenant’s trailer seemed, while some Alien fans think that Covenant simply looks like a pseudo-remake of Scott’s landmark original, and wonder what’s the point of doing that.
2017 installment Alien: Covenant seeks to bridge the gap between Prometheus and the original Alien film, featuring the return of characters and concepts from the former, alongside the more horror-esque tone of the latter.
Perhaps the most divisive entry in the Alien saga to date is the film that takes places the earliest in the chronology, 2012’s Prometheus.
Earlier this week, FOX released the first full trailer for Covenant, which has garnered some mixed reactions of its own.